ITATRA NGO

A non-profit organisation working in the field of education in Madagascar.

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[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

@IDLofficial @RavinalaAirport @TeamFoldscope @OpenUc2 @SPIEtweets We would like to express our gratitude to our local collaborators #Haikintana #MASS #Sciences_Physiques_et_Avenir #MAYF and #ENSAmpefiloha and #JJR High school Analakely for hosting the opening and closing of the celebrations respectively.

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

Check out the report of our activities for the celebration of the #IDL2024 this year. The 120 submissions for the photo contest of the microscopic world we received this year is amazing.
https://t.co/gmpD6qG1ES
@IDLofficial @RavinalaAirport @TeamFoldscope @OpenUc2 @SPIEtweets

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

We will be having our VISION outreach at the public high school of Talatamaty this year! We will be testing a different setup for the outreach this time to evaluate which one is more effective for knowledge transfer.
@SPIEtweets @RavinalaAirport @OpenUc2 #MAYF

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

June 22nd marked the end of our celebration of the IDL2024. In collaboration with 5 locales NGOs, we managed to have 2science fair events, 4talks, and a photo contest of the microscopic world.
https://t.co/lciMyiUTPq

#lightday #idl2024
@IDLofficial @SPIEtweets @RavinalaAirport

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

Our photo contest with @TeamFoldscope has ended. Here are the winners! We are happy for the diverse submissions we had this year. The report will follow up.
https://t.co/YjaZOvIjME

Thank you @SPIEtweets and @RavinalaAirport for the support!

#lightday #idl2024 @IDLofficial

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

We close our celebration of the #idl2024 today! Different activities are planned: talk on the history of light, guide after high school, fun microscopy and astronomy activities and prizes giving for the photo contest with @TeamFoldscope
@IDLofficial @SPIEtweets @RavinalaAirport

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

The public vote for our photo contest with foldscopes by our high school students has started and will end on June 22nd 11:59 AM GMT+3. Please help us select the top 3 if you've got a Facebook account. @TeamFoldscope
Huge thanks to the photo reviewers!
https://t.co/I3P00QtFDT

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

We are now less than a week to our final event in celebrating the international day of light 2024. It will take place on June 22nd at Rabearivelo high school Analakely. Here is the program for the day!
@IDLofficial @SPIEtweets @TeamFoldscope @RavinalaAirport @OpenUc2

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

@TeamFoldscope @PrakashLab Thank you! We had a follow up with the student. From our discussion, it seems that the photo was indeed taken with foldscopes. Quite impressive! Unfortunately he has already deleted the original photo. For a fair-play in the game, we decided to disqualify the photo this time.

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

To the @TeamFoldscope community, may you assist us check how can we tell if this photo was really taken with a foldscope or not? The reviewers have their doubts .. @PrakashLab

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

The marking of the photos for the photo contest with foldscopes has started. 120 entries from 6 high schools. Here is the stat
#IDL2024 @IDLofficial @TeamFoldscope @SPIEtweets @RavinalaAirport

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

@TeamFoldscope @IDLofficial @SPIEtweets @RavinalaAirport The schedule of the contest is as follows:
17-31 May: Foldscopes workshop and photo submission
02-14 June: marking of the photos by external examiners
16-22 June noon: public vote
22 June afternoon: prize-giving

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

We've launched the photo contest with Foldscopes for this year. It's part of the event for the celebration of the international day of light.
@TeamFoldscope @IDLofficial @SPIEtweets @RavinalaAirport
#ligthday2024 #idl2024

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

To view more photos from the event:
https://t.co/KEYMAC0kch

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

We had a wonderful day last Thursday May 16th at ENS for the opening day of the celebration of the international day of light this year.
Thank you @SPIEtweets and @RavinalaAirport for the financial support!
#IDL2024
@IDLofficial

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

Two wonderful talks by two lecturers from the school of education of the university of Antananarivo were also part of the event.
Talk 1: “History of light: from concepts to technology”
Talk 2: “Teaching scientific fields in Madagascar. Where are we? Challenges and future.”

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

We are happy to share the full report of the last VISION Science outreach we had last year. It took some time to complete this report but here we go! Our upcoming event will be for the celebration the day of light 🔬⏳
@MRC_LMB
@OpenUc2
@TeamFoldscope

https://t.co/rwIqMCtHeE

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

@PrakashLab They really enjoyed the activities.

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

@MRC_LMB @OpenUc2 @TeamFoldscope To the donors making it possible to have the VISION outreach event possible for this year, thank you!

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

We had a wonderful time at the public high school of Ivato Airport last Monday and Tuesday 18-19 December for the VISION event. Here are a few photos. The full report will follow up later.

[ITATRA NGO @itatra_ngo]

@MRC_LMB @OpenUc2 @TeamFoldscope In total, we reached 970 students. So a big thank you the collaborators @OpenUc2, @TeamFoldscope, @MRC_LMB for making this possible. Also for MAYF, a local organisation, for the collaboration with ITATRA in the guidance of the students for what they can do after high school.